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Fort Hood shooting victims accuse U.S. of neglect, betrayal
Some survivors of the 2009 Fort Hood massacre say the government has neglected them. On Tuesday, the same night President Barack Obama gave his State-of-the-Union speech, ABC's "Nightline" was to broadcast interviews with disgruntled survivors,...
Tags: Nightline (tv program), Fort Hood Shootings (2009), Armed Forces, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Karen Russell's higher ground
Karen Russell’s debut novel, “Swamplandia!” was one of the most-acclaimed books of 2011. NPR, Entertainment Weekly and the New York Times ranked it high on their year-end lists. HBO optioned it for a forthcoming series. The Pulitzer...
Tags: Everglades, Stephenie Meyer, Pulitzer Prize Awards, The New York Times, Carl Hiaasen
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Overcrowded ERs, PTSD signs tied in heart patients
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Being treated for a heart attack in a crowded emergency department may be linked to developing symptoms of a stress disorder, according to a new study. The study does not prove crowded ERs cause stress disorders, but the...Tags: Health, Internists, New York City, Medical Specialization, Internal Medicine
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If someone in your family suffers from mental illness, read on . . .
People who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, schizophrenia and other mental illnesses need help -- but members of their family need coping skills as well. Starting Feb. 21, a series of classes will kick off in Hampton designed to...Tags: Mental Illness, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Behavioral Conditions, Schizophrenia
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Dorner manhunt: In defense of the LAPD
For an organization traumatized by the shootings of a few of their own and officers in other jurisdictions, the Los Angeles Police Department isn't getting much sympathy from Times letter writers in response to the search for ex-cop Christopher Jordan...
Tags: Laws, Christopher Dorner, William Bratton, Law Enforcement, Same-Sex Marriage
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SEAL sniper Chris Kyle gets public farewell at Cowboys Stadium
Thousands of well-wishers, including dozens of Navy SEALS, descended on Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Monday to remember the life of a famed Navy SEAL sniper killed at a nearby gun range on Feb. 2. The body of Chris Kyle, author of "American...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Military, National Football League, Cowboys Stadium, Wars and Interventions
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Newtown Police Commissioners Ask For Changes In Workers' Compensation Law
The Hartford CourantThe board of police commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to ask the legislature to expand Connecticut's workers' compensation law to provide benefits for those who might have "sustained physical or emotional injury" as the result of the Sandy Hook...Tags: Social Security, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Stephen Dargan, Judges, Shootings
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VA approves veteran's claim after Baltimore Sun report
For 21/2 years, Iraq combat veteran Robert Fearing battled overwhelming anxiety and paranoia, a remnant of the mortar attacks he endured in the desert, all the while swallowing his frustration at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for failing to...
Tags: Conservation, Veterans Affairs, Iraq, Environmental Issues, Paranoia
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Rachel Patron: GOP having real trouble recognizing real world
The GOP agonistes. It's a Greek word portraying someone's agonizing journey to find themselves. Last week Rush Limbaugh said — I paraphrase — this country is conservative. More people in the United States espouse conservative...Tags: Republican Party, Paul Ryan, Chris Christie, Adam Lanza, Bobby Jindal
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Gun control debate creeps into ex-cop manhunt
Letters reacting to the search for Christoper Jordan Dorner, the disgruntled former Los Angeles Police Department officer suspected of a double homicide and the shooting three police officers, are finding their way into The Times' mailbag. Surprisingly,...
Tags: Laws, Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida), Firearms, Politics, Interior Policy
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From Afghanistan to Montana: War vets find solace fly-fishing in a new documentary
In the affecting new documentary "Not Yet Begun to Fight," a sound engineer is caught on film asking for a cigarette from one of the film's subjects, a Marine corporal from Evansville, Ind., named Erik Goodge, who lost an eye when he was wounded in...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Afghanistan, Smash (tv program), Dick Wolf , World War II (1939-1945)
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Volunteers sweep DuPage streets for homeless count
As temperatures dipped into the teens and the single-digit wind howled, Bob Adams rolled up on a silver van parked on the far, quiet corner of a Wheaton parking lot. He took note of the condensation on the windows. A few taps later, a man sleeping in...
Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Illinois Prairie Path
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